AMERICAN CONSERVATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C19

Classification

1000

Street

2900 N FORT VALLEY RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

• AMERICAN CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE (ACE) PROVIDES TRAINED, SUPERVISED, COST EFFECTIVE LONG TERM VOLUNTEER CREWS TO ACCOMPLISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS FOR FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. VOLUNTEERS SERVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS, WILDLIFE REFUGES, WILDERNESS AREAS AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS WHILE LEARNING CONSERVATION AND LEADERSHIP ROLES. ACE IS GROUNDED IN THE PHILOSOPHY THAT COOPERATIVE LABOR ON MEANINGFUL CONSERVATION PROJECTS FOSTERS CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATES ON THE BELIEF THAT CHALLENGING VOLUNTEER SERVICE UNITES PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS IN COMMON CAUSE. ACE PERFORMS CONSERVATION PROJECTS THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. THE TWO LARGEST ACE PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE CONSERVATION CORPS AND THE EMERGING PROFESSIONALS IN CONSERVATION. 1. CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM - ORIGINALLY FORMED UNDER THE CONSERVATION CORPS MODEL, ACE PROVIDES A RANGE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAMS PARTICIPANTS. ACES CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM IS FOR AMERCIAN PARTICIPANTS, AGED 18-30 (up TO AGE 35 FOR VETERANS) WHO ARE CONSIDERING LAND MANAGEMENT AS A CAREER PATH OR POTENTIAL COURSE OF STUDY. CORPS MEMBERS SERVE IN PROFESSIONALLY SUPERVISED TEAMS AS THEY EXPLORE FUTURE OUTDOOR CAREERS, LEARN PRACTICAL SKILLS, AND DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AS EMERGING LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF CONSERVATION. CORPS MEMBERS ARE SUPPORTED DURING THEIR 3-12 MONTH SERVICE TERMS WITH COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES, FOOD ON PROJECTS, AND FREE COMMON HOUSING ON OFF DAYS. 2. EMERGING PROFESSIONALS IN CONSERVATION PROGRAM (EPIC) - ACE EPIC Internships and Fellowships program provide young adults ages 18-30 (up to age 35 for veterans) with focused, hands-on opportunities to work alongside and under the guidance of land management agency mentors as they apply their knowledge of resource management on their path to becoming the next generation of resource and land managers. The EPIC program not only provides an invaluable step for those seeking a link between the academic and professional worlds but also allows members to explore, connect, and preserve America's natural and cultural resources as they gain professional skills and cultivate their careers in the resource management field. EPIC operates in coalition with partners such as the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and other conservation focused groups. Positions available through EPIC and its partners are spread across a wide range of specialized conservation oriented vocations and typically last 3-12 months. EPIC members (interns) often have degrees and /or experience in disciplines such as, but limited to: conservation or wildlife biology, botany, ecology, entomology, forestry, geography, archeology, paleontology, geology, environmental sciences, recreation or natural resources management, or cultural resources.

  Expenses $34,142,859 · Revenue $39,589,893

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $40,985,967

  Expenses

  $38,472,208

  Contributions

  $39,589,893

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $31,067,046

  Expenses

  $32,432,989

  Contributions

  $30,851,570

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,606,484

  Expenses

  $26,835,279

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,173,851

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,570,850

  Expenses

  $22,080,865

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,160,743

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,291,175

  Expenses

  $22,610,269

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,926,605

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,275,082

  Expenses

  $19,434,947

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,045,325

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,642,393

  Expenses

  $15,727,139

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,085,848

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,506,523

  Expenses

  $11,693,895

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,253,372

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,740,744

  Expenses

  $9,342,958

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,945,279

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,009,250

  Expenses

  $7,192,680

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,783,252

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,115,221

  Expenses

  $5,853,393

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,898,706

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $5,286,241

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,654,597

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $7,106,692

  2024 · PROTECT

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $2,375,985

  2023 · Connect

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $1,049,703

  2022 · CONNECT

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $426,774

  2024 · RESTORE SHORTLEAF PINE AND WHITE OAK IN KY

• PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION

  $410,923

  2025 · TRAIL MAINTENANCE

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $372,521

  2022 · LONGLEAF PINE RESTORATION

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $271,141

  2023 · FOREST FUELS REDUCTION IN CRYSTAL LAKE MOUNTAINS

• PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION

  $168,713

  2024 · TRAIL MAINTENANCE

• NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION

  $140,130

  2024 · CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION

  $136,128

  2023 · SUPPORT US NATIONAL FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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